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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[F.

niais

fresh from the nest, a derivative fr. L.

nidus

nest. E.

an eyas

for a

nias

. See

, and cf.

(Zoöl.)

A nesting or unfledged bird; in falconry, a young hawk from the nest, not able to prey for itself.

Shak J. H. Walsh

Adj.

Unfledged, or newly fledged.

[Obs.]

eyas

hawk up mounts unto the skies,
His newly budded pinions to assay.

Spebser.

Noun.

A young hawk just taken from the nest, not able to prey for itself.

Adj.

Unfledged. [Not used.]